Customers charged twice in Co-op card blunder

Co-op - customers may have been charged twice for their goods on Tuesday.

Published:16:18Thursday 09 July 2015

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Customers at Co-op food stores across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire are being urged to check their bank balances following a blunder in which they may have been charged twice for the same transaction.

​A spokesman for The Co-operative Food said: “Due to a processing error, customers who shopped with us or used a petrol filling station on 7th July using a credit or debit card were charged twice.”

He was unable to say how many people were affected but it is thought that it could run into hundreds of thousands across the country.

The spokesman added: ​“We would like to apologise to all those affected, and reassure customers that refunds will be made directly in to their accounts within 24 hours.

“We will also reimburse any customers who have incurred bank charges as a result of this error. These customers should contact our customer careline.”

The Co-op has 2,800 food stores and 200 filling stations across the UK.

It said all of them could potentially have been affected and any type of debit or credit card could have been involved.​ ​

Not everyone shopping on Tuesday with Co-op will have been affected, and if people are unsure about whether they have been affected they should check their statement.​